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No. 850,484. Patented 001;. 12,1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE..`

NATHAN C. GILLMORE, OF LARAMIE CITY, VYOMING TERRITORY.

CHUTE FOR BRANDING CATTLE AND HORSES.

SPECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,484, dated October 12, 1886.

Application filed May 6, 1886. Serial No. 201,333. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN G. GrLLMoRE, of Laramie City, in the county of Albany and Territory of Wyoming, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Chutes for Branding Cattle and Horses; and I do hereby declare that the followiugis a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.V y

The object of this improvement is to provide an appliance for facilitating the labor and lessening the expense of branding cattle and horses, and that is also applicable to breaking and taining the latter. These results are attainable by the mechanism illustrated in the drawings herewith filed as part hereof, in which the same letters of reference denote the same parts in the different views.

Figure lis aplan view representing a ,branding-chute embodying the features of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation with parts broken away and part-s adjusted for more fully showing the construction and relation of different features. Fig. 4 is a front elevation with parts removed that are fully shown in other figures. Fig. 5- is a longitudinal vertical section. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective detail representations.

A A' A2 A3 is an angular frame, made preferably of wood beams, suitably secured to each other, substantially in theporder shown, and to a base-frame composed of longitudinal and transverse sill-beams B B2, provided with a floor or platform, B', connected to each other in the ordinary manner.

C C' represent the parts of two inclined frames, made of wood beams, preferably, suitably securedl to each other, and provided at the lower ends of their parts C with hingeplates c', by means of which they are pivotallyv connected to corresponding hinge plates, b, fixed to the platform B' within the frame A A' A'. The frame parts C' are provided on the insides with curved formation, as shown at c in Fig. 7, and at their outsides with hinged plates c2 and eye-plates c3, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

D D D are doors or partialsides to the framework C C', having their insides conforming to the curved part c of the parts C C' in the inclined frame, and provided at their outsides with hinge-plates d and eye-plates d2, as fully shown in Fig. 2. The doors D are hinged to the framebeams C' by means of their plates d', and bolts set through the same, and plates c" on said beams. They are also provided at their outer sides with pins cl3, connected thereto.by cords or chains for use in securing the position of the doors, as shown in Fig. 2, by inserting the pins into the eye-plates d' on the doors D, and eye-plates c3 on the beams C. Any other suitable hinging and latching devices may .be substituted for the plates and pins shown.

The objectof providing the clamping-frames with the close doors D D is'to prevent danger to and injury of frightened or fractions animals that might accrue from their kicking or otherwise getting their limbs through an open frame.

E and E' are rollers supported by axial pins projecting from brackets bolted to the tops of the frame-beams A'.

F is a roller supported bya hanger, F, fixed to the lower side of each of the frame-beams A' in line with the peripberies of the opposite rollers, E E.

H H represent windlasses at each side of t-he frame-work, supported by standards hh, bolted to the platform B', and provided with cranks h', for operating the same as occasion may require. The windlasses H H are provided with ratchet-plates 7i", adapted to engagewith a pawl which may be afxed to the platform B or standards h, or other practicable position, as may be deemed advisable.

G G' represent ropes or chains connected to the windlasses H H', thence over the pulleys or rollers E E', and under the rollers F to the opposite frame parts, C, with which they are connected by means of eyes g g or otherwise.

The front end of the appliance is provided with upright beams or strips ,which form, in connection with the upper transverse beam, A, and lower transverse end beam, B, aframe for a door, K, connected to one of the uprights a by hingesf. (Fully shown in Fig. 4.) The door K is provided near its top with a small round door, K', hinged thereto, as shown at f', and f2 is ahook fixed to the door i-n position to engage with a staple, a', in the upright a,

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and thereby secure 'the position of the door, as..

shown in the last-mentioned figure. The curved projections or parts of the beams C and doors D may be made integral with the same, or may be obtained by suitably-formed pieces iixed to straight parts, as indicated at d in Fig. 6.

In the application of the mechanism its rear end is connected with the wall or fence of an inclosnre adapted to guide the animal to be operated on into the saine. YVhen a herd of cattle or horses is to be branded it is driven into the inclosnre, and the animals are one by one driven into the appliance between the frames C C and doors D, the curved formation of which is adapted to fit the bodies of the animals. The Windlasses are then putin motion, and the frames C C and doors D are thereby drawn together against the bodies of the animals, when the pawls will engage with the ratehets and hold the frames and doors agai nst the body of the animal in a manner to prevent any violent act-ion of the latter. The central or end doors, D,\vhich come opposite the shoulders, trunk, or haunches of theanimal, may be opened and the branding-iron applied to any part of the body desired, after which the door K is opened and the animal passed out to make place for others. y

The doors D may be opened for handling animals to be tamed or broken, and the door K may be opened to make an aperture for use in handling and petting animals to be tamed about the head.

.Vhen the animals are in the clamps formed by the hinged frames and the doors D, they are under perfect control,.and the most vicious ean be managed or branded with perfect safety to the operator.

I amaware of the invention of a brandingchute consisting of one fixed frame and one adjustable frame adapted to be moved toward the fixed frame by means of a rope or chain connection with winding mechanism attached to the fixed frame, forming one side of tl1edevice, as set forthin Letters IatentNo. 252,345, bearing date January 17, 1882. I do not claim such construction; but

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

rIhe eombinationof two oppositely-inclincd u frames fixed to a platform, two oppositely-inelined frames hinged to the platform between the fixed frames', and provided with doors, as shown, the rollers fixed to the horizontal beams ofthe stationary frames, the windlasscs fixed to the platform at opposite sides ol" the structure, and the ropes connecting the windlasses with the adjustable frames over andunder the rollers fixed to the horizontal beams of the stationary frames, all arranged to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I ailix in y signature in presence ol" two witnesses.

NATHAN C. GILLMORE.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES W. Ballarat, O'r'ro GRAMM. 

